President Donald Trump has flagged the F-35 program as something that need to be looked into.

How amazing is it that after two senate enquiries in Australia, President Trump manages to see that something fundamentally corrupt is going on in the F-35 program. Something obviously antitethical to the national interest of the USA.

There is new hope that Australia can extract itself from this disastrous program and construct a truly effective national air defense.

Hopefully we can:

Cancel the F-35

Purchase the F-22

Revive and refurbish the F-111

The F-111 is still an unbeatable attack platform.
The F-22 is at the leading edge of air superiority, and it makes sense to adopt commonality with our major ally.

Benefits for the USA

Selling us the F-22 is the most cost-effective way to go forward. It is in the US interest to:

Have an effective ally down here

Have commonality in logistics (parts/maintenance etc) for when they deploy here

Sell us a better jet!

Restart the F-22 program for their own air defence (it was shelved to make the case for needing the F-35).